CREATIVE SPARKS: ONE LONG HOT SUMMER — JUNE 16

Sparks are flying around the blogosphere again today, as we join in with Alyce, At Home With Books, to showcase our Saturday Snapshots.

As the summer days turn hotter, I am reminded of one long, hot summer six years ago. In July of 2006, I was still living in the foothills, but even there, the triple digit heat escalated.

At one point, the thermometers reached 113, 114, and 115. Then for ten days or so, it stayed there. There was nothing to do but escape. And escape we did, to the coastal town of Santa Cruz where my son had a resort with a series of miniature log cabins where we enjoyed some time together.

Into the woods….

Our little log cabin….

We spent several enjoyable days there….and by the time I went home again, it had cooled off just a bit. And as the fall and winter came, I settled in here, in my living and dining room, and prepared the house for sale. And decked it out a bit for the last Christmas we would spend there.

That summer, fall, and winter were full of moments locked away in our memories…and in our photos.

55 thoughts on “CREATIVE SPARKS: ONE LONG HOT SUMMER — JUNE 16”

We usually don’t have days that hot, and when we had a series of them, I just had to flee. Our house in the foothills had no AC…just an evaporative cooler, which was usually sufficient. So fleeing seemed like the only alternative!

Of course, we also lived within walking distance of the river, which sounds nice, except it was looking pretty polluted….sigh

I can definitely see how that would alter one’s perspective about heat. I don’t like bitter cold weather, either, but we seldom have it. And usually the heat is manageable with a good AC. That summer, I didn’t have a good AC…lol

Yes, it was definitely a wonderful escape, Harvee. As much as I enjoyed my cozy home (last photo), a getaway seemed the thing to do with that extreme heat. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your weekend.

Looks like a really nice place, but I can see the need to get away when the temperature get that high. We don’t get temperatures like that around here, if we have 30C (mid 80’s F) we’ve just about reached our limit. Fine by me, I just wish the winters were warmer. 🙂

I can’t began to imagine how hot that would be. In fact, the weather is so awful here I can’t even remember what the sun looks like! I was going to post a photo of my elder daughter, and memories of her as a baby, because today she moved to a home of her own more than 200 miles away, but I ended up crying, so I’ve posted pix connected to a feisty warrior queen, because she sounds like the kind of person who never cried… http://goo.gl/vTUc8

What a cute little cabin! It was nice that you had a retreat in the woods to go to when it was so hot. I remember that summer….and am hoping this one isn’t going to be like that. But it’s hanging out in the 90s now….

I adore the little cabin in the woods! And as long as there aren’t too many bugs, I could stay in a place like that all summer. I never complain about the heat because I despise the cold and winter so much. Now humidity, that’s another story!

So nice that you had a place to cool off on those very hot days! I have memories of a record-setting summer the year after my husband and I got married and we spent much time at the pool at our apartment complex. 🙂